Stamp-vending machine.



E. A. NIELSEN & I'. C. PETERSEN.

STAMP VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1909.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

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] nue nfow UIMM-1 through a .coin slot in the lever 17 and rests on a coin receiver 26 comprising a projection on the plunger ll'having a coin seat'. The coin 22 resting in the receiver 26 engages a wall of the slot 25 and when the plunger 1 1 is forced inwardly after the coin 1s inserted into the machine said plun er with the coin forces the lever 17 upwar ly, disengages the catch 19 from the disk 21 and permits the awl 12 to turn drum 5 and force a Astampt rough the stamp delivery opening 27 in the front portion of the ma# chine. formed at its lower portion-wlth an eXtension embodying a pluralitytof teeth 28 projecting` inwardly into contact with the eriphery of the drum 5, said teeth 28 bemg spaced apart sufliciently to permit the pins 9 on the drum to move between them as the drum rotates. The members 28 separate the stamp fromlthe drum and guide the same outwardly through the opening 27 in the delivery operation. A yielding presser- .plate 29 above the drum and adjacent to the delivery opening 27 holds .the stamp strip in close contact withthe drum preparatory to delivery therefrom and 'prevents curling of 'the' stamps which might interfere with proper passage of the samev through the delivery openingor slot 27 aforesaid.

In Fig. 5 lof the drawings, the delivery mechanism illustrated is ldesigned to facilitate and permit the vendition of two-cent stamps, whereas the above described mechanism is designated to vend tickets or stamps of-al denomnationrequiring the depositA of only a single coin for operation of the machine. In Fig. 5 two locking-levers17 and 17 are employed in connection with two notched disks 21 and 21 on the shaft 7 of the drum 5. Two coin chutes 23 and 23 are likewise employed and it will be lapparent that it is necessary tol drop a penny into both of the chutes 23 and 23,-but the inward movement of the plunger will elevate the two locking levers and rotates the drum. At the bottom of the casing -is provided a sliding plate' or closure which when removed or pulled outwardly will permit of extracting the coins deposlted in the machine.

The stamp delivery opening) 27 'is l By reference to Fig.v 4 of thefdrawings, it, will be observed that a brake is employed for f 'cooperation with the drum 5 and the same consists of a shoe 33 passing throu h an opening in the supporting plate 8 an normally held in contact with the drum by means vof a spring 34:. By. using the Said i brake likelihood of sudden movement of the drum that might break o r fracture the strip of stamps is eliminated.

' Having thus ,described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a stamp vending machine, the combination of a casing having a delivery opening and an indicator opening formed on the forward-side thereof, a spool mounted therein adapted to carry a serles ofy stamps, a series of rolls supported by one side of the casing arranged to conduct the strip of stamps before the indicator opening, a delivery drum rotatably mounted adjacent to the delivery opening, rolls located in the casing between the indicator opening and the delivery opening to conduct the stamps over said delivery drum, a series of radially extending spaced spikes carried on the delivery drum, a series of pins extending horizontally from the edge of said delivery drum, a plunger carrying Va pivotal spring pressed pawl adapted to operate said drum through the instrumentality of said pawl upon the posi- 'tive inward posi-tion of the plunger, stripping ingers projecting inwardly over the delivery opening' into contact with .said drum, a pressure plate securedto the casing above the drum projecting into contact therewith and 4terminating' just above the stripping lingers whereby the said plate holds vthe stamps in close contact with the drum and guides the same from above the delivery opening and stripping lfingers, and a brake operating against the periphery of said drum.

In testimony whereof we aX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST A. NIELSEN.

l FREDERICK C. PETERSEN. v Witnesses:

A, COLEMAN FISHER,

ANDREW P, FISHER. 

